The Lost Challenges discussion

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2024 - January 31, 2024

This challenge is an ongoing monthly mini-challenge to keep us all motivated to start, (and then continue), some of the many series in our TBR.

Rules:
1) You must read one of each: a 1st, a 2nd, and a 3rd book in a series. Tell us the name of the series.
2) Any genre of series is acceptable.
3) 'Half-step' short-stories (i.e., shorts in anthologies), do not count.
**For uniformity, the numbering on GR will be the judge of this.**
4) Rereads do count.
5) No more than 2 of the 3 books each month can be from the same series.
6) Please post a link to the book and the author and also the date you finished the book.
7) Please repost your entire challenge when you are finished to get your badge.

Please use the TLC STANDARD RULES when participating in this challenge.
If you are not familiar with these rules, please click on the link and read them over.

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Kendra FINISHED
Kimberly

Laila Jane

Melissa A FINISHED

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Shash FINISHED
Suzanne

Tari FINISHED
Trina FINISHED

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Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2024 - January 31, 2024

My List:
The Awakening Nora Roberts 1/2/24 (The Dragon Heart Legacy #1)
Meant to Be Nan Reinhardt 1/15/24 (Four Irish Brothers Winery #2)
The Fireman's Christmas Wish Nan Reinhardt 1/7/23 (The Lange Brothers #3)

Lost Love Letters: Book 1 in the Largo Bay Series Pat Adeff 1/19/24 (Largo Bay #1)
The Cafe on Amelia Island Hope Holloway 1/23/24 (Seven Sisters #2)
Sanibel Mornings Hope Holloway 1/29/24 (Shellseeker Beach #3)

Finished!
January 2024 Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: Jan 1, 2023 - Jan 31, 2024

This challenge is an ongoing monthly mini-challenge to keep us all motivated to start, (and then continue), some of the many series in our TBR.

*Note: No more than two from any series

Sets: 5
Books: 15
Series: 12
X Haley Powell Food & Cocktails Mystery 1
X Bed & Breakfast Mystery 1
X Written in the Stars 1
X Blackwood Cellars 1
XX Wild River 1 & 2
X Christmas Notch 2
X Veronica McCreedy 2
XX Accidentally Undercover 2 & 3
XX Gunnie Rose 2 & 3
X Accidentally Undercover 3
X The Homeswappers 3
X An Italian Village Mystery 3

Set 1
1. (Haley Powell Food & Cocktails Mystery 1) Death of a Kitchen Diva Lee Hollis 01/09/24
2. (Gunnie Rose 2) A Longer Fall Charlaine Harris 01/01/24
3. (Gunnie Rose 3) The Russian Cage Charlaine Harris 01/02/24

Set 2
1. (Wild River 1) An Alaskan Christmas Jennifer Snow 01/13/24
2. (Christmas Notch 2) A Holly Jolly Ever After Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone 01/08/23
3. (Accidentally Undercover 3) Chaos in California Lucy Quinn 01/20/23

Set 3
1. (Bed & Breakfast Mystery 1) Just Desserts Mary Daheim 01/23/24
2. (Veronica McCreedy 2) Call of the Penguins Hazel Prior 01/11/24
3. (My Hockey Romance 3) Thoroughly Pucked Lauren Blakely 01/20/23

Set 4
1. (Written in the Stars 1) Written in the Stars Alexandria Bellefleur 01/24/24
2. (Wild River 2) Under an Alaskan Sky Jennifer Snow 01/15/24
3. (The Homeswappers 3) An Aero Island Christmas Mystery Adriana Licio 11/29/24

Set 5
1. (Blackwood Cellars 1) Blue Hawaiian Carla Luna 01/25/24
2. (Accidentally Undercover 2) Mischief in New Orleans Lucy Quinn 01/17/24
3. (An Italian Village Mystery 3) A Mystery Before Christmas Adriana Licio 11/30/24

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2024 - January 31, 2024

9/9 Completed. Finished

1.Knights Rebels MC #1:Incandescent-River Savage 1/06/24
2.Landmark Mountain #2:Someday-Willow Aster 1/18/24
3.Dogwood Lane #3:Trouble-Adriana Locke 1/08/24


4.Sutten Mountain #1:Rewrite Our Story-Kat Singleton 1/17/24
5.Windy City #2:The Right Move-Liz Tomforde 1/12/24
6.Tracy Crosswhite #3:In the Clearing-Robert Dugoni 1/17/24


7.Wilder Family #1:One and Only-Karla Sorensen 1/12/24
8.A Dakota Mystery #2:Dead Dreams-M.K. Coker 1/14/24
9.Montgomery Brothers #3:Rebel-Laura Pavlov 1/14/24

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
January 1, 2024 - January 31, 2024

3 of 3 Complete

1. Scorpio - Marko Kloos - 1/20/24 -'#1 Frontlines Evolution
2. Cruel as the Grave - Sharon Kay Penman - 1/15/24 - #2 Justin de Quincy
3. The Devotion of Suspect X - Keigo Higashino - 1/3/24 - #3 Detective Gallileo

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2024 - January 31, 2024

1. The Secret, Book & Scone Society by Ellery Adams 1/19/2024
2. Warned in Wisconsin by Patti Benning 1/18/2024
3. Angel by Ella Frank 1/2/2024

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2024 - January 31, 2024

0/3 Completed

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Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2024 - January 31, 2024

#1 Murder on the Menu A Fatal Nibble Savannah Marlake 1/6/24
#2 Sparrow Haven Mysteries Fatal Blooms Claire Harlow 1/1/24
#3 Bookstore at Holiday Bay Mysteries Once Upon a Christmas Kathi Daley 1/3/24

#1 Witch’s Creek Mysteries The House on Whitmore Road Sharon Michaels 1/13/24
#2 Tiffany Austin Food Blogger Mysteries A Crust to Die For T.C. LoTempio 1/2/24
#3 Sparrow Haven Mysteries Death by Dish Claire Harlow 1/2/24

#1 Green Oaks Bookbinding Mysteries Murder in the 1920s Penny Brooke 1/14/24
#2 Witch’s Creek Mysteries The House on Warwick Pond Sharon Michaels 1/13/24
#3 JJ Kamaras Mysteries Death al Dente Joy Patrick 1/4/24

#1 Emerald Bay Mysteries Harvest Fest Homicide Kate Annie Brown 1/15/24
#2 Rev. Annabelle Dixon Mysteries Murder at the Mansion Alison Golden 1/5/24
#3 Cat and Mouse Whodunit Barking Up the Wrong Tree Emily James 1/12/24

#1 Hometown Hardware Mysteries Hammers and Homicide Paula Charles 1/15/24
#2 Kelsie Butler Mysteries Murder by Eggnog Karin Kaufman 1/17/24
#3 No-Bake Cozy Mysteries Cheesecake and Chills Ramona Ransom 1/19/24

Welcome everyone!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2024 - January 31, 2024

This challenge is an ongoing monthly mini-challenge to keep us all motivated to start, (and then continue), some of the many series in our TBR.

Rules:
1) You must read one of each: a 1st, a 2nd, and a 3rd book in a series. Tell us the name of the series.
2) Any genre of series is acceptable.
3) 'Half-step' short-stories (i.e., shorts in anthologies), do not count.
**For uniformity, the numbering on GR will be the judge of this.**
4) Rereads do count.
5) No more than 2 of the 3 books each month can be from the same series.
6) Please post a link to the book and the author and also the date you finished the book.
7) Please repost your entire challenge when you are finished to get your badge.

1. Blood Kissed Keri Arthur (Lizzie Grace #1) 1/5/24
2. Buried Bones Carolyn Haines (Sarah Booth Delaney #2) 1/6/24
3. Time After Time Sarah Mlynowski (Best Wishes #3) 1/31/24

Finished

January Easy As 1, 2, 3
Duration: Jan. 1st, 2024 - Jan. 31st, 2024

3/3

1. The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent - Jan. 8th (Crowns of Nyaxia)
2. Dinosaur Sanctuary, Vol. 2 by Itaru Kinoshita - Jan. 18th
3. The Sandman: The Deluxe Edition, Book Three by Neil Gaiman - Jan. 18th

The Lost Challenges
January 2024 Easy As 1, 2, 3
Duration: January 1, 2024 - January 31, 2024

Progress: 3 out of 3

This challenge is an ongoing monthly mini-challenge to keep us all motivated to start, (and then continue), some of the many series in our TBR.

1. Dream Harbor #1: The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore - ***** - 1/11/2024 - 267 Pages
2. Midnight, Texas #2: Day Shift by Charlaine Harris - ***** - 4/2/2024 - 307 Pages
3. Rough Riders, #3: Cowgirl Up and Ride by Lorelei James - **** - 1/22/2024 - 280 Pages



Rules:
(view spoiler)[1) You must read one of each: a 1st, a 2nd, and a 3rd book in a series. Tell us the name of the series.
2) Any genre of series is acceptable.
3) 'Half-step' short-stories (i.e., shorts in anthologies), do not count.
**For uniformity, the numbering on GR will be the judge of this.**
4) Rereads do count.
5) No more than 2 of the 3 books each month can be from the same series.
6) Please post a link to the book and the author and also the date you finished the book.
7) Please repost your entire challenge when you are finished to get your badge.

Please use the TLC STANDARD RULES when participating in this challenge.
If you are not familiar with these rules, please click on the link and read them over (hide spoiler)]

Welcome Kendra, Trina and Suzanne!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2024 - January 31, 2024

1 The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom by Christopher Healy - 1/6/24
2 The Hit by David Baldacci - 1/16/24
3 The Mother's Day Mishap by Kathi Daley = 1/3/24

1 Time Heals No Wounds by Hendrik Falkenberg - 1/9/24
2 The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman - 1/24/24
3 Worst Case by James Patterson - 1/4/24

1 Dead in Their Tracks by J.T. Sawyer - 1/18/24
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3 Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire - 1/10/24

1 Harmony Black by Craig Schaefer - 1/18/24
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3 Whispers Under Ground by Ben Aaronovitch - 1/14/24

1 Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire - 1/28/24
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3 Ethan of Athos by Lois McMaster Bujold - 1/23/24

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2024 - January 31, 2024

0/3 Completed

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Easy As 1, 2, 3
January 1, 2024 - January 31, 2024

1. Murder by the Book | Lauren Elliot (1.6.2024)
2. Scandal in Skibbereen | Sheila Connolly (1.12.2024)
3. The Bungalow Mystery

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2024 - January 31, 2024

1. Neanderthal Seeks Human
2. Rough Exile
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Welcome everyone!

Easy as 1,2,3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: 1/1-31/24
Goal: 0/9

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Easy As 1, 2, 3
January 2024

1. Kissing for Keeps by Martha Keyes (1/6/24) - Sheppards in Love
2. A Tale of Beauty and Beast by Melanie Cellier (1/3/24) - Beyond the Four Kingdoms
3. A Heart in the Balance by Laura Rollins (1/9/24) - Lockhart

Welcome Elizabeth and Shash!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2024 - January 31, 2024

9/9 Completed. Finished

1.Knights Rebels MC #1:Incandescent-River Savage 1/06/24
2.Landmark Mountain #2:Someday-Willow Aster 1/18/24
3.Dogwood Lane #3:Trouble-Adriana Locke 1/08/24


4.Sutten Mountain #1:Rewrite Our Story-Kat Singleton 1/17/24
5.Windy City #2:The Right Move-Liz Tomforde 1/12/24
6.Tracy Crosswhite #3:In the Clearing-Robert Dugoni 1/17/24


7.Wilder Family #1:One and Only-Karla Sorensen 1/12/24
8.A Dakota Mystery #2:Dead Dreams-M.K. Coker 1/14/24
9.Montgomery Brothers #3:Rebel-Laura Pavlov 1/14/24

Finished

January Easy As 1, 2, 3
Duration: Jan. 1st, 2024 - Jan. 31st, 2024

3/3

1. The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent - Jan. 8th (Crowns of Nyaxia)
2. Dinosaur Sanctuary, Vol. 2 by Itaru Kinoshita - Jan. 18th
3. The Sandman: The Deluxe Edition, Book Three by Neil Gaiman - Jan. 18th

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
January 1, 2024 - January 31, 2024

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January 2024 - Easy as 1, 2, 3

Goal 1/3

1. Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano (01/28/24), Finlay Donovan #1
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3. Twisted Hate by Ana Huang (01/19/24) - Twisted #3

WOOHOO Frankie and Kendra!


Welcome Grace and Laila Jane!

~~~ Complete ~~~

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
January 1, 2024 - January 31, 2024

3 of 3 Complete

1. Scorpio - Marko Kloos - 1/20/24 -'#1 Frontlines Evolution
2. Cruel as the Grave - Sharon Kay Penman - 1/15/24 - #2 Justin de Quincy
3. The Devotion of Suspect X - Keigo Higashino - 1/3/24 - #3 Detective Gallileo

WOOHOO Lynda!

Finished

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2024 - January 31, 2024

#1 Murder on the Menu A Fatal Nibble Savannah Marlake 1/6/24
#2 Sparrow Haven Mysteries Fatal Blooms Claire Harlow 1/1/24
#3 Bookstore at Holiday Bay Mysteries Once Upon a Christmas Kathi Daley 1/3/24

#1 Witch’s Creek Mysteries The House on Whitmore Road Sharon Michaels 1/13/24
#2 Tiffany Austin Food Blogger Mysteries A Crust to Die For T.C. LoTempio 1/2/24
#3 Sparrow Haven Mysteries Death by Dish Claire Harlow 1/2/24

#1 Green Oaks Bookbinding Mysteries Murder in the 1920s Penny Brooke 1/14/24
#2 Witch’s Creek Mysteries The House on Warwick Pond Sharon Michaels 1/13/24
#3 JJ Kamaras Mysteries Death al Dente Joy Patrick 1/4/24

#1 Emerald Bay Mysteries Harvest Fest Homicide Kate Annie Brown 1/15/24
#2 Rev. Annabelle Dixon Mysteries Murder at the Mansion Alison Golden 1/5/24
#3 Cat and Mouse Whodunit Barking Up the Wrong Tree Emily James 1/12/24

#1 Hometown Hardware Mysteries Hammers and Homicide Paula Charles 1/15/24
#2 Kelsie Butler Mysteries Murder by Eggnog Karin Kaufman 1/17/24
#3 No-Bake Cozy Mysteries Cheesecake and Chills Ramona Ransom 1/19/24

WOOHOO Tari!

FINISHED
Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2024 - January 31, 2024

My List:
The Awakening Nora Roberts 1/2/24 (The Dragon Heart Legacy #1)
Meant to Be Nan Reinhardt 1/15/24 (Four Irish Brothers Winery #2)
The Fireman's Christmas Wish Nan Reinhardt 1/7/23 (The Lange Brothers #3)

Lost Love Letters: Book 1 in the Largo Bay Series Pat Adeff 1/19/24 (Largo Bay #1)
The Cafe on Amelia Island Hope Holloway 1/23/24 (Seven Sisters #2)
Sanibel Mornings Hope Holloway 1/29/24 (Shellseeker Beach #3)

JoAnne wrote: "WOOHOO Tari!"

Thanks JoAnne and congrats to you too! :)

Thanks Tari!

Finished!
January 2024 Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: Jan 1, 2023 - Jan 31, 2024

This challenge is an ongoing monthly mini-challenge to keep us all motivated to start, (and then continue), some of the many series in our TBR.

*Note: No more than two from any series

Sets: 5
Books: 15
Series: 12
X Haley Powell Food & Cocktails Mystery 1
X Bed & Breakfast Mystery 1
X Written in the Stars 1
X Blackwood Cellars 1
XX Wild River 1 & 2
X Christmas Notch 2
X Veronica McCreedy 2
XX Accidentally Undercover 2 & 3
XX Gunnie Rose 2 & 3
X Accidentally Undercover 3
X The Homeswappers 3
X An Italian Village Mystery 3

Set 1
1. (Haley Powell Food & Cocktails Mystery 1) Death of a Kitchen Diva Lee Hollis 01/09/24
2. (Gunnie Rose 2) A Longer Fall Charlaine Harris 01/01/24
3. (Gunnie Rose 3) The Russian Cage Charlaine Harris 01/02/24

Set 2
1. (Wild River 1) An Alaskan Christmas Jennifer Snow 01/13/24
2. (Christmas Notch 2) A Holly Jolly Ever After Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone 01/08/23
3. (Accidentally Undercover 3) Chaos in California Lucy Quinn 01/20/23

Set 3
1. (Bed & Breakfast Mystery 1) Just Desserts Mary Daheim 01/23/24
2. (Veronica McCreedy 2) Call of the Penguins Hazel Prior 01/11/24
3. (My Hockey Romance 3) Thoroughly Pucked Lauren Blakely 01/20/23

Set 4
1. (Written in the Stars 1) Written in the Stars Alexandria Bellefleur 01/24/24
2. (Wild River 2) Under an Alaskan Sky Jennifer Snow 01/15/24
3. (The Homeswappers 3) An Aero Island Christmas Mystery Adriana Licio 11/29/24

Set 5
1. (Blackwood Cellars 1) Blue Hawaiian Carla Luna 01/25/24
2. (Accidentally Undercover 2) Mischief in New Orleans Lucy Quinn 01/17/24
3. (An Italian Village Mystery 3) A Mystery Before Christmas Adriana Licio 11/30/24

FINISHED

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2024 - January 31, 2024

1. The Secret, Book & Scone Society by Ellery Adams 1/19/2024
2. Warned in Wisconsin by Patti Benning 1/18/2024
3. Angel by Ella Frank 1/2/2024

WOOHOO Mel and Genevieve!

1. Blood Kissed Keri Arthur (Lizzie Grace #1) 1/5/24
2. Buried Bones Carolyn Haines (Sarah Booth Delaney #2) 1/6/24
3. Time After Time Sarah Mlynowski (Best Wishes #3) 1/31/24

Finished

Finished.

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2024 - January 31, 2024

1 The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom by Christopher Healy - 1/6/24
2 The Hit by David Baldacci - 1/16/24
3 The Mother's Day Mishap by Kathi Daley = 1/3/24

1 Time Heals No Wounds by Hendrik Falkenberg - 1/9/24
2 The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman - 1/24/24
3 Worst Case by James Patterson - 1/4/24

WOOHOO Trina and Jackie!

Didn't finish January , but I'll try again this month

Finished! :)

Easy As 1, 2, 3
January 2024

1. Kissing for Keeps by Martha Keyes (1/6/24) - Sheppards in Love
2. A Tale of Beauty and Beast by Melanie Cellier (1/3/24) - Beyond the Four Kingdoms
3. A Heart in the Balance by Laura Rollins (1/9/24) - Lockhart

WOOHOO Shash!